Large Estonian cinnamon sugar braid

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 55 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   To prepare Estonian-style braided pastries, we prepare the necessary products with spices.

2. STEP 2

   

   Pour one hundred and twenty milliliters of milk at room temperature into a mug and add two tablespoons of sugar.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour two teaspoons of dry instant yeast into a mug.

4. STEP 4

   

   Mix all the ingredients in a mug with a whisk and leave until the yeast activates for fifteen to twenty minutes.

5. STEP 5

   

   Place two egg yolks in a suitable bowl.

6. STEP 6

   

   Place thirty grams of butter at room temperature in a bowl.

7. STEP 7

   

   Pour a quarter teaspoon of salt into a bowl and stir.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour the activated yeast from the mug into the bowl with the egg mixture.

9. STEP 9

   

   Mix all ingredients in a bowl until smooth.

10. STEP 10

    

    Sift three hundred grams of flour into a bowl.

11. STEP 11

    

    Mix the flour and liquid base well.

12. STEP 12

    

    Knead and form the dough in a bowl with your hands into a lump.

13. STEP 13

    

    Place the dough on a table sprinkled with a small amount of flour and knead it very well for about seven minutes.

14. STEP 14

    

    Grease the dough with a small amount of vegetable oil.

15. STEP 15

    

    Place the oiled dough into a bowl.

16. STEP 16

    

    Cover the bowl with the dough with a towel and put it in a warm place for an hour and a half.

17. STEP 17

    

    To prepare the aromatic filling, pour sixty grams of sugar, two teaspoons of cinnamon into a small bowl and mix.

18. STEP 18

    

    Pour fifty grams of melted butter into a bowl, then pour the mixed sugar and cinnamon into it.

19. STEP 19

    

    Mix all the ingredients well in a bowl.

20. STEP 20

    

    After an hour and a half, pour a small amount of vegetable oil on the table and put the dough out of the bowl.

21. STEP 21

    

    Knead the dough well, release carbon dioxide and make a flat cake.

22. STEP 22

    

    Roll out the cake to approximately seven millimeters thick.

23. STEP 23

    

    Spread the prepared aromatic filling onto the flatbread in an even thin layer, not all the way to the edges.

24. STEP 24

    

    Reserve about one teaspoon of the sugar mixture to brush the braided loaf.

25. STEP 25

    

    Carefully roll the flatbread with the filling into a tight roll.

26. STEP 26

    

    Glue the edges and ends of the roll well.

27. STEP 27

    

    Turn the roll seam side down and press it lightly to give it a flat shape.

28. STEP 28

    

    Stepping back two centimeters from one edge of the roll, use a knife to make a longitudinal cut to the very end.

29. STEP 29

    

    Spread the two ends of the roll apart.

30. STEP 30

    

    We begin to weave one end after the other.

31. STEP 31

    

    It turns out to be a kind of puff braid.

32. STEP 32

    

    Glue the end of the braid together and give it a rounded shape.

33. STEP 33

    

    Place the braided loaf on a baking sheet to rest for twenty minutes.

34. STEP 34

    

    Grease the bun with beaten egg yolk, apply the aromatic sugar mixture to it and place the baking sheet in the oven, which has been heated in the top-bottom mode to one hundred and seventy degrees.

35. STEP 35

    

    After twenty minutes, take the prepared Estonian-style braided bun out of the oven and place it on a plate.

36. STEP 36

    

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